5:57 AM Thu 22 Jan 2009 GMT Stephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63 Loki, scored two wins against this top class invited IRC fleet yesterday and as Port Phillip was sand blasted in a red dust storm with gusts of more than 40 knots, Race Director Denis Thompson signalled the series was over.
Thompson said ''just too much breeze today.'
Michael Hiatts Farr 55, Living Doll with a second and third yesterday came in second overall and third was Alan Brierty's Reichel Pugh 63 Limit was third.
Ainsworth was smiling dockside, 'We were very happy with two bullets yesterday, we were disappointed that there was just too much breeze today. It would have been no fun out there at all. The chop in 30-40 knots on Port Phillip can be pretty sharp.
'We are looking forward to the first round of the IRC Audi National series, the first day of the Skandia Geelong Week series. '
Series Results [IRC] for Division 1 up to Race 2 (Drops = 0)| Place | Ties | Sail No | Boat Name | Skipper | Sers Score | Race 2 | Race 1 | | 1 | | AUS60000 | Loki III | S Ainsworth | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | 2 | 2R | R55 | Living Doll | M Hiatt | 5.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | | 3 | | 98888 | Limit | A Brierty | 5.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | | 4 | 4.0S | SM5200 | Cougar II | A Whiteley | 11.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | | 5 | | 52566 | Black Jack | P Harburg | 11.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | | 6 | | SM46 | Dekadence | P Coombs | 13.00 | 8.00 | 5.00 | | 7 | 4.0S | AUS8888 | Voodoo Chile | A Lloyd Clark | 15.00 | 11.00 | 4.00 | | 8 | | SM2008 | Audi Centre Melbourn | C Dare | 15.00 | 6.00 | 9.00 | | 9 | 9.0S | 8880 | Goldfinger | P Kate Mitchell | 20.00 | 9.00 | 11.00 | | 10 | | YC46 | Exile | N George | 20.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | | 11 | | R50 | Shogun | R Hanna | 21.00 | 7.00 | 14.00 | | 12 | 8.0S | G4646R | eXtasea | P Buchholz | 24.00 | 16.00 | 8.00 | | 13 | | M330 | Shamrock | T Donnellan | 24.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | | 14 | 13.0S | R33 | Chutzpah | B Taylor | 29.00 | 13.00 | 16.00 | | 15 | | M10 | Skandia | G Wharington | 29.00 | 14.00 | 15.00 | | 16 | | SM460 | XLR8 | R Shaw | 30.00 | 17.00 | 13.00 | | 17 | | CR1 | Optimus Prime | T Taylor | 32.00 | 15.00 | 17.00 | | 18 | | YC3300 | Secret Mens Business | G Boetchher | 38.00 | 19.00C | 19.00C |
| (Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded) |
 | Skandia Geelong Week 2009, Melbourne (VIC) Skandia Docklands Invitational - 21/01/09 - Black Jack - Teri Dodds© |
 | Skandia Geelong Week 2009, Melbourne Docklands, Melbourne (VIC) Skandia Docklands Invitational - 21/01/09 - Alan Briety’s Limit - Teri Dodds© |
 | Sailing - Skandia Geelong Week 2009, Melbourne Docklands, Melbourne (VIC) Skandia Docklands Invitational - 21/01/09 - Alan Briety’s Limit Photo - Teri Dodds - Teri Dodds© |
 | Sailing - Skandia Geelong Week 2009, Melbourne Docklands, Melbourne (VIC) Skandia Docklands Invitational - 21/01/09 - Race Two Start - Teri Dodds© |
by Rob Kothe
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